Board Of Directors Of The National Alcohol And Tobacco Authority To Resign If Licence Issues To Import Chinese Cigarettes

President of the National Alcohol and

Tobacco Authority Dr.Palitha Abeykoone has stressed in a letter sent to the Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera that the Board Of Directors of the Authority will tendered their resignations if the Finance Ministry offered licence to import Cigarettes from China.

As World Health Organization has stated that due to Cigarette smoking around 20,000 Sri Lankans are dying annually it will become a health threat if the Ministry allows to import Chinese cigarettes for the minority Chinese employees working in the country .

If Cigarettes are importing from china Majoroty of Indian workers here too might attempt to import cigarettes for them also Dr.AbeyKoon has stated in his  letter.

A Person Had Been Drowned Whilst Bathing In DevaHuva Reservoir

A 55 year old person had been drowned

whilst bathing in Devahuva Reservoir at Galewela Police division yesterday  (30) it has been reported.

The body of the deceased who was a resident of Jalashaya Road ,Galewela had been sent to Dambulla Base Hospital..

Galewela Police are conducting an.investigations over the incident. 

A Police Constable Was Injured And Hospitalized Due To An Assault By MP'S Son

A Police Constable attached to the

Ministerial Security Division Had been injured and hospitalized Due to an assault by an eldest son of the Government MP Shantha Sisira Kumara Abeysekare (United National Party)at Saturday night  (29).

The injured Police Constable had been admitted to Chilaw Base Hospital for treatment. He had complaint to the Chilaw Police that the son of the MP Abeysekare had assaulted him under the influence of liquor .

However MP Abeysekare too had lodged a complaint at Chilaw Police stating Police Constable had assaulted his son under the influence of liquor it has been reported.

No arrests were  made in this regard so far according to the Police Media Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekare .

Chilaw Police are conducting an investigations over the incident .

WAYS TO FIGHT AGAINST TOOTH DECAY ,POOR NUTRITION AND OBESITY

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A Sudden Water Cut Implemented In Few Areas Of Colombo Today (30)

National Water Supplies And Drainage Board has today (30) implemented an eight hour sudden water cut in three Divisions belonging to Colombo Due to a Water leak of a main water pump carrying water from Ambathale to Matatakkuliya area . 

Accordingly the sudden water cut has been implemented in Colombo -13,Colombo -14 and Colombo-15 

A Sudden Fire Erupted In A Match Box Store

A Sudden fire erupTed in A Match box

store at Aladeniya area in Katugasthota today (30)had doused by Fire fighters ,Police along with the Residents of the area before spreading it further .

No casualties had been reported due to the incident and the cause behind the imcifent has not yet been revealed .Katugasthota Police are conducting an investigations over the incident.